| 1 | (morning beauty) |
| 2 | Splendid You rise in the lightland of the sky, |
| 3 | O living God, creator of life ! |
| 4 | You have dawned in the eastern heavens. |
| 5 | You fill every land with your beauty. |
| 6 | (noon dominion) |
| 7 | You are beauteous, mighty & radiant. |
| 8 | Risen high over every land, |
| 9 | your rays embrace the lands, |
| 10 | to the limit of all that You made. |
| 11 | Being Divine Light (Holy Spirit), You reach their end. |
| 12 | You bend them for your beloved son. |
| 13 | Though You are far, your rays are on Earth. |
| 14 | Though seen by them, your course is unknown. |
| 15 | (night chaos) |
| 16 | When You set in the western lightland, |
| 17 | Earth is in darkness, as if death. |
| 18 | The sleepers are in their chambers, heads covered, |
| 19 | no eye seeing the other. |
| 20 | One could steal their goods from under their heads, they would not notice it. |
| 21 | Every lion comes from its den. |
| 22 | The serpents bite. |
| 23 | Darkness hovers, Earth is silent. |
| 24 | For its creator rests in heaven. |
| 25 | (dawn rebirth) |
| 26 | At dawn You have risen in the heavens. |
| 27 | To shine as the God of daytime ! |
| 28 | You dispel the dark and cast your rays. |
| 29 | The Two Lands celebrate daily. |
| 30 | Awake they stand on their feet. |
| 31 | You have made them get up. |
| 32 | They wash and dress, their arms raised in adoration to your appearance. |
| 33 | The entire land sets out to work. |
| 34 | All cattle are satisfied with their fodder. |
| 35 | The trees and the grass become green. |
| 36 | Birds fly from their nests, their wings praising your soul. |
| 37 | All game animals frisk on their hooves, all that fly and flutter, live when You dawn for them. |
| 38 | Ships fare downstream and back upstream, roads lie open when You rise. |
| 39 | Your rays penetrate the Great Green deep. |
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